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Motorola chief unfazed by prospect of Verizon iPhone

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Motorola chief Sanjay Jha at an Oppenheimer technology conference yesterday dismissed the potential threat of a Verizon iPhone.

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Can Tablets save Desktops?

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With all the latest forecasts from my analyst colleagues at IDC, Gartner and Forrester showcasing declining desktops market share over the next few years, i’d like to pose an alternate question.

Sony E350 Walkman Series Unveiled, Due in September

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When it comes to music players, you either need a lot of space, or not that much at all. And all of that depends on how much music you listen to on a daily basis.

The Photography app smackdown on TUAW TV Live today

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All over the Northern Hemisphere, a lot of people are taking advantage of the warm weather and longer days, and they're getting out of the office to take some vacation. Using a camera to capture vacation memories is great, but using your iPhone to nab those snapshots is even better.

webOS 1.4.5 OTA Update Incoming

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Sprint [S] is rolling out webOS 1.4.5 for Palm Pre and Pixi users. The new version brings out a number of new features including PDK apps on both the Pre and Pixi.The enhancements and fixes are listed below...

HTC EVO 4G .6 Official Fix Rolling Out

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Sprint [S] is rolling out an official fix to HTC EVO 4G owners who managed to get hold of the early and unfinished Android 2.2 update that leaked out a few days before the official update a few weeks back.The fix comes in the shape of an OTA package that fixes any HTC EVO 4G that downloaded the .3...

Neo-Utility at the New York International Gift Fair 2010

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Some interesting stuff is rolling into our mailboxes as the New York International Gift Fair 2010 gets closer and closer. Seems that the fair is ramping it up a bit, bringing in some younger designers and new companies.

Google Sends Out Invitations For Mobile Event Tomorrow: What Gives?

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Google, ahem, has sent out mysterious invitations for a mobile event to be held tomorrow. That’s an event about mobile, mind, not a roaming event. Nobody actually knows what the event will be about, but there’s plenty of hearsay and conjecture to going around.

The Dell Streak Shows The CE World How To Be Relevant In An iDevice World

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Someone at Dell deserves a raise. Actually, a bunch of people probably deserve a monetary reward for the Dell Streak as it takes many people to get a product to market.

Camera+ iPhone App Uses Volume Button To Take Photos

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One of the major drawvbacks of using the camera on the iPhone is having to touch the screen to take a photo, Camera+ has been a popular iPhone app for photography fans and the application has just been updated.

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VuQube Portable Satellite Dish

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The VuQube Portable Satellite Dish is an in-motion antenna all rolled into a compact design to provide on the move automatic satellite hookup. The automatic In-motion tracking provides uninterrupted satellite TV reception as you travel.

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Galaxy S official accessories revealed: Desk & Car docks, DLNA HD streamer

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Samsung has outed a range of official accessories for their popular Galaxy S smartphone, including both desktop and in-car docks together with portable charger for juicing up a spare battery.

Sprint U1901 4G modem only for those bathed in WiMAX

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Sprint’s latest 4G-capable modem has arrived, but you’ll have to be sure of your WiMAX coverage if you want to make the most of it. Unlike the existing Sprint 250U, which works on both 3G and 4G networks, the new Sprint U1901 will only connect to WiMAX.

Disposable Cardboard Trolley Lets You Walk Home from Ikea

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Man, these great cardboard stick-on wheels should be sold in every Ikea. The kit is called Move-It, and consists of a set of self-adhesive components that stick onto a big-box purchase and let you wheel it home yourself.

India may impose BlackBerry deadline, ban on Thursday

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India could use the pretext of the Saudi negotiations to threaten a ban on BlackBerry services, sources said late Tuesday.

Android-based Motorola Ming A1680 confirmed

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The first Ming-series handset with Android has appeared on Motorolaís developer site. The A1680 preempts the leaked MT820. The series is distinguished by their transparent flip covers, and the A1680's case, one covers the 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen with an 800x480 resolution....

Will Gearbox, Developers Of Borderlands, Make Duke Nukem Forever?

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This was cool in the 90s, trust me. Oh boy, another Duke Nukem story. It seems that the lawsuit between 3D Realms and Take 2 has been settled, and now Duke Nukem Forever is in the capable hands of Gearbox, developer of Borderlands and the Brothers In Arms series.

Bag Week Review Blitz Wednesday Update

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It’s only Wednesday morning and we’ve already blown through seven computer bags in our Back to School Bag Week Review Blitz. Stay tuned, we have a bunch more on deck from Incase, The North Face, Timbuk2, Crumpler, Booq, and even a gaming backpack from Astro.

Turtle USB Mouse

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Here’s a new optical USB mouse that will look great together with the i-Turtle Speaker and the Twilight Turtle Star Projector, or maybe the turtle version of those cool looking animal USB drives that we covered a couple of years ago.

New Sprint U1901 USB 4G Device supports Mac OS X 10.5

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Built to work specifically with the Sprint 4G Network, Sprint 4G USB Device U1901 is a small, easy-to-use modem compatible with both PC and Mac computers, connecting laptops or netbooks to blazing-fast 4G speeds.

Safer Aqueous Lithium Ion Batteries

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New progress has been made in the development of safer Aqueous lithium ion batteries that will hopefully replace the standard lithium ion batteries most devices currently use.

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VRX iMotion 3D Full Motion Racing Simulator (video)

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If you have$27,995 spare you could invest it in the VRX iMotion 3D Full Motion Racing Simulator thats compatible with XBox 360, PS3 and Wii. The VRX iMotion has fully customizable Clubsport racing pedals and a Bose companion 5-speaker system designed for the 5.1-encoded movies, music and games.

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Kinect won’t support sign language thanks to camera cost-cutting

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The mention of American Sign Language (ASL) support in Microsoft’s Kinect patent raised hopes that the motion-gaming add on might be useful for more than just interacting with virtual children or swordfighting without swords; unfortunately, Microsoft has confirmed Kinect won’t actually...

Ordro ships camcorder with built-in pico projector

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Relative unknown Ordro has recently released its HDV-D350S HD camera, which it bills as the first camcorder that has a removable pico projector. The DLP projector can display images taken from the camcorder underneath at 854x480 and with 15 lumens of brightness.

OkCupid: iPhone users have more sex

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I've been a huge fan of social dating site OkCupid's OkTrends blog for a while now. They're constantly sharing data (anonymized, of course) from their social site about what people find attractive and interesting in each other.